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Q: brand names and generic names

asked by: sweethang24 on May 9th, 2009

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is there a difference in alesse and lutera?

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deteragram

replied on May 11th, 2009

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The two are essentially the same pill but are made by two different companies. Alesse is the name brand and Lutera is the generic. The name brand generally has less side effects than the generic.

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